Tang Chen had the strongest reaction. He had already flown all the way to the coast, but he slammed to an abrupt halt.
"What? My grandson married a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
Given the relationship between Soul Beasts and Soul Masters on Douluo Continent, anyone who married a Soul Beast was bound to have fingers pointed at their back and be cursed.
"No, I can't let that happen."
Tang Chen turned around, ready to return to the Clear Sky Sect and have someone bring the brothers Tang Xiao and Tang Hao back.
But then he thought better of it. Since Tang Fan had said Tang San was the protagonist and the ultimate winner, not only could he not stop the marriage, he had to make it happen.
"Either way, I'm putting off Sea God Island for now. First, I need to find those two little brats."
Meanwhile, Tang Xiao also stared at his younger brother in surprise.
"Brother Hao, you marry a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the future?"
"Big brother, don't talk nonsense. How could I..."
"No need to explain. She must be a Transformed Soul Beast. I understand, and I won't oppose it."
"Big brother, now that the sky screen has exposed it, everything has changed. Let's just let nature take its course."
"That's true."
Seeing the puzzled look on Bibi Dong's face, Tang Fan took out his phone and snapped a picture of her.
The click brought Bibi Dong back to her senses.
"Huh? What are you doing?"
"Taking a picture of you. Take a look."
Tang Fan handed Bibi Dong the photo.
"It looks just like me! This thing makes portraits so convenient!"
"Yeah. I'll take you out for a stroll later, and we'll take a few more pictures."
"Sure! Wait, you just said Tang San's mother was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and his father was Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect. Doesn't that mean Tang Hao married a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
"That's right, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast. Her true form was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor named Ah Yin.
"The melodramatic part is that the Clear Sky Twins met Ah Yin during their training journey, and both brothers fell in love with her. In the end, Ah Yin chose Tang Hao."
"Ah Yin, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor. She must have been beautiful, right? Otherwise, she couldn't have made both Clear Sky Twins fall in love with her."
Tang Fan found a picture of Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, and showed it to Bibi Dong.
"Here, this is Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor. She really is beautiful."
Ah Yin's picture also appeared simultaneously on the sky screen over Douluo Continent.
When Tang Hao and Tang Xiao saw Ah Yin's picture on the sky screen, they were instantly captivated.
"So beautiful! I have to find her and marry her!"
"Brother Hao, even though the sky screen says Ah Yin chooses you in the end, I still have to compete with you. Let's each rely on our own abilities."
"All right. I believe she'll still choose me in the end."
The brothers had already started fantasizing, while Ah Yin herself felt only fear when she saw her picture exposed on the sky screen.
A Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast was a big, juicy piece of meat in the eyes of Soul Masters.
Originally, she could have changed her name and hidden herself, but now that her image had been exposed, hiding was impossible.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
Ah Yin was as frantic as an ant on a hot pan. In the end, the only thing she could think of was returning to the Blue Silver Forest to lie low until the storm passed.
With that, it became practically impossible for the brothers Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to meet Ah Yin.
Meanwhile, Bibi Dong asked Tang Fan another question. "What happened afterward?"
"After that, Tang Xiao gave up and returned to the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Hao continued traveling with Ah Yin.
"After Ah Yin became pregnant, the Spirit Hall discovered that she was a Transformed Soul Beast and hunted her down.
"Finally, a few days after the child was born, Qian Xunji led his men and drove them into a dead end.
"Ah Yin sacrificed herself, allowing Tang Hao to break through to Titled Douluo. Tang Hao used the Clear Sky Sect's ultimate techniques, Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer, to severely injure Qian Xunji.
"Tang Hao also suffered a backlash and fled with the newborn Tang San."
"So that's what happened!"
On Douluo Continent, after listening to Tang Fan's summary, Qian Daoliu looked at Qian Xunji. "Ji'er, did you notice anything amiss?"
"Father, there are many things in those few sentences that don't make sense."
"Oh? Tell me about them."
"I've heard of the Clear Sky Sect's ultimate techniques, Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer. They really are powerful, but could they truly allow Tang Hao to severely injure me just after he broke through to Titled Douluo?
"Our Qian Family's Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul is a divine-grade Martial Soul, however you look at it.
"And since I went personally, I would definitely have had one or two elders accompanying me.
"In other words, that one hammer strike from Tang Hao not only severely injured me, but also severely injured both me and the elders accompanying me. The accompanying elders might even have died.
"That's a bit too far-fetched, however you look at it. Father, you know more about the Clear Sky Sect's ultimate techniques. What do you think?"
"Mm, you're right. I've seen Tang Chen's Ring Detonation and Great Sumeru Hammer for myself. That move Tang Chen created is indeed powerful, I admit that.
"But for Tang Hao to accomplish that just after breaking through to Titled Douluo is indeed too far-fetched."
Tang Fan looked at the thoughtful Bibi Dong and said with a smile, "Don't you think there was a problem with what I just told you?"
"Huh? What problem?"
"Think carefully. If you were Tang Hao and your beloved wife were pregnant, would it make sense not to take her home to rest and recuperate, but instead keep taking her wandering from place to place?"
"That's right! Why didn't Tang Hao take Ah Yin back to the Clear Sky Sect?"
"The book didn't mention it, but the most likely possibility is that the Clear Sky Sect wouldn't allow it.
"A lot of readers joke that Tang Hao is a slave to his sect. His loyalty to the Clear Sky Sect comes before everything else.
"He most likely told the Clear Sky Sect that Ah Yin was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast.
"The Clear Sky Sect naturally wouldn't allow Tang Hao, its heir, to marry a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast.
"If word got out, what would become of the Clear Sky Sect's face as the number one sect under heaven?
"With his sect on one side and his wife on the other, Tang Hao could only choose not to return to the Clear Sky Sect for the time being. He continued traveling with Ah Yin while asking Tang Xiao to help persuade the sect, hoping they would relent.
"Of course, that's all speculation. After all, the book didn't mention it, so there's no way to prove it."
On Douluo Continent, at the Clear Sky Sect, the current sect master, Tang Wei, and the elders were also watching the sky screen.
The Clear Sky Sect's elders agreed with what Tang Fan had said. Theirs was the number one sect under heaven; how could they possibly allow their heir to consort with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?
If word got out, wouldn't they become a laughingstock, with people pointing fingers at their backs?
What these people of the Clear Sky Sect, proud to their very bones, cared about most was face.
"Sect master, I think we should call Tang Hao and Tang Xiao back, lest they meet that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast again and have their minds bewitched."
"Hmph, didn't you hear? The child born to Hao'er and that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Ah Yin, is the protagonist of the story. This is a great opportunity for our Clear Sky Sect."
"Sect master, I disagree. Tang Hao's son being the protagonist doesn't necessarily mean he has to consort with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
"We can simply arrange a marriage for him. With our Clear Sky Sect's reputation as the number one sect under heaven, surely we can find a woman of exceptional talent to bear him a child?"